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<h1>Roles</h1>

<p>Use this page to search and view existing roles in your organization. A role defines a set of privileges to perform specific tasks. You can assign one or more users to a role to enable them to access the appropriate Sugar modules and perform the tasks.
<p>The Roles Home page displays the following information:
<ul>
<li>A Search sub-panel where you can enter the role name to search for a specific team.
<li>A Shortcuts menu that displays the following options:
<ul>
<li><span class="helpShortcut">Create Role</span>. Click this option to create a new role. Enter the role name and description and click <span class="helpButton">Save</span> to create the role.
<li><span class="helpShortcut">List Roles</span>. Click this option to display a drop-down list of users. Select a user from the list to view the role and associated access permissions granted to the user in Sugar.
<li><span class="helpShortcut">List Roles by User</span>. Click this option to view access permissions for a specific user, and select the user from the adjacent drop-down list.
</ul>
<li>A list of existing roles along with their description.</li>
<ul>
<li>To view the details of a role, click the name in the Roles list.</li>
</ul>




